Recon Team "Grim Reaper"

VICINITY THAN THAM KHE, 8 KM SE OF HA TAN AFLD 19671227
UTM grid reference is ZC209488
2ND PLT

From 1st Recon Command Reports:

SYNOPSIS:
THIS PATROL COVERED A PERIOD OF 8 lHRS. WITH A CONTACT OF UP TO 30 VC/NVA.
AIR STRlKES WERE USED RESULTING IN l0 VC KIA PROB.
PATROL WAS SUSTAINED 1 USMC KIA AND 2 USMC WIA (MINOR). PATROL WAS EMRGENCY EXTRACTED THE SAME DAY.

ENEMY: 271750H Z0209488 25-30 VC/NVA FIRING 2OO-300 ROUNDS INTO OUR POSITION AND THROWING APROXIMATELY 10 CHICOM GRNADES. BLK. PJ'S, AK-47'S, .30 CAL MG, BAR AND CARBINES: PATROL WAS FIRST HIT BY VC/NVA SMALL ARMS FIRE -- ONE USMC WIA LATER KIA.
PATROL RETURNED FIRE AND CALLED MED-EVAC. HU-IES CAME ON STATION WITH FIXED WING. FIXED WING DROPPED NAPAlM AND HE AND MADE STRAFES WITH 2Omm. 10 VC/NVA KIA PROB. FIXED WING TOOK FIRE FROM "SE" AND NE". HU-IES MADE RUNS WITH ROCKETS. FLARE SHIPS ARRIVED AND PATROL WAS EXTRACTED 271930H. EXTRACT CH-46 TOOK SOME FlRE FROM THE LOWLANDS TO THE EAST UPON EXTRACTION.

Patrol Members:
Sgt. S.E. Thomas
LCpl R.H. Hausauer
LCpl R.F. Kitzke    (KIA)
LCpl W.D. Paun
PFC G.T. Egan     (WIA)
PFC M.R. Bombard
PFC J.E. Lowery
PFC D.L. Higgans
PFC R.J. Majewski   (WIA)
HM3 R.G. Smith
2nd. Lt. J. Molyneaux

Kitzke, Ronald Frederick (RT Grim Reaper/Ron), LCpl